8 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. THURSDAY, FKimilAUV 21, 1007 HARRISBURG LETTER. - Special Correspondence. HarrisburR, Pa., Feb. ig, 1907. Upon the reassembling of the Legislature after the Spring elec tion recess there will be "something doing." That is to say there will be a bill introduced to tax artificial g.is plants, and it will be supported with such vigor and backed by such reasons s will compel even the Standard Oil company to "sit up nnd take notice." Asa matter of fact the S'andard Oil company is practically responsible for the proposed legislation. It has been asserted that that corporation con tributed more than half a million dollars to the corruption fund of the campaign of last fall and some fellows of an inquiring disposition concluded to find out why Mr. Rockefeller's conspiracy had so much interest in Pennsylvania poli tics. They believe that they have fshred the problem. Electric light companies pay three different kinds ot taxes to the State. That is they pay a tax on capital stock, on bonds and on gross earnings and the aggregate of their payments is a large sum. Their only competitors are artificial gas companies, owned in this State mainly by the Standard Oil com pany, which pay no taxes at all. The injustice of this has been point ed out frequently but it has not been urged seriously. It is esti mated that taxing the gas compau es precisely as the electric light companies are taxed would produce a revenue of at least $750,000 a year. The question will be put v.. to the Legislature in the near future in a way that will admit of no dodging. The express companies may be asked to contribute to the revenue of the State also. TWO BAD ONES CRIPPLED. It's a safe bet that two of the bad bills referred to iu my letter of last week have been put to sleep finally and forever. They are the auxil iary forest reserve bill and the measure requiring hunters to take out license at an expense of ,1 dollar each. This bill had a tunny experience. It is the pet measure ot the State Ga ue Com mission and it is confideiuly stated that its passage would have been ood for $250,000 a year to that nureau. SniaU wonder the Com mission cherished it fondly and was willing to yield to every other point in order to make that graft -ecure. But the expectation of ;hore concerned will be disappoint--d. The measure is in committee md will remain there until the end it the session, unless the license grovision is eliminated. Au attempt was made to force it :hiough by the old tactics, the oth x day, but it failed. A meeting of he Committee on Fish and Game as called to consider the bill but vhen it was held only a few mem bers were preseut and most cf those vere opposed to the measure. The Chairman appeared entirely willing o let the measure go over but Rep esentative Dersham, of Union ounty, had a suspicion of au"Afri . -an in the woodpile." According y he moved that the bill be not re orted out until a meeting of the ommittee, at which there was am le opportunity for the discussion )f it, be held. The motion was un nimously adopted and the oppo tents ot the bills felt entirely safe, 'hey were surprised, therefore, to ind it on the calandar for first eading on Monday evening. THEV HAD TO SHOW DERSHAM. Mr. Dersham at once went to he Chairman, Hiram J. Sedwick, f Armstrong county, tor informa ion. That gentleman said that ..he Secretary of the Game Commis 1011 was exceedingly anxious to lave the measure expedited and ;bat instead of calling a meeting of the committee he had gone around ind seen a few of the members who were willing to have the bill report ed out and that he and the Secre tary did the rest. Mr. Dersham demanded that a motion to recom mit be made. The Chairman pro tested but was notified that unless such a motion came promptly from the chairman on reachiug the bill it would be made from the other side accompanied by a detailed statement of the facts. The result was the recommittal and such a crippling of the measure in popular opinion that it will not recover. The Auxiliary Foiest Reserve bill is also back in the committee with little or no chance of getting out. It nad been reported out iu the face of a vigorous protest and met with such an opposition that its own fi R-nds moved to recommit and have since offered tu make anv conation which its opponents d maud. But they don't want con cessions. They prefer to have a Rheumatism Is one of the constitutional diseases. It manifests itself in local aches and pains, inflamed joints and stiff muscles, but it cannot be cured by local applications. It requires constitutional treatment acting through the blood, and the best is a course of the great medicine Hood'sSarsaparilla which has permanently cured thousands of cases. For testimonials of remarkable cures Send for Book on Rheumatism, No. 7. n C U Hood Co., Lowell. Mass. swipe at it in its present lorm and are ready to fire all kinds of broad sides at it if they get a chance. The iudicitious now are, however, that it will not be reported out at nil but will die of neglect in the pigeon hole. RAILROADS TIGHTING REFORMS. The Railroad Committee of the House had au interesting meeting on Monday afternoon of la;;t week during which distinguished lawyers representing the Pennsylvania and Reading railroads made elaborate arguments against about all the pending railroad measures. The main point of attack was Duns more's railroad commission bill but the two cent a mile passenger rate bill was also broadly and bitterly denounced. Former Attorney Gen eral W. U. Hensel made the prin cipal argument and held that the State has no legal right to create a railroad commission or to fix a rate. President Baerof tha Reading road, expressed the same views in a letter addressed to the Senators a:id Rep resentatives iu the Legislature in which he also asserts the bald pro position that promises made before the election are not binding after ward. As Mr. Baer is a church member and professes to favor poli tical morals of the highest standard that statement excited both sur prise and regret. Neither the letter of Mr. Baer nor the argument of Mr. Hensel had any influence on the minds of the legislators, however. The com mission bill is still in committee but the two cent passeuger rate bill passed Second reading on the even ing of the day the argumeuts were presented and passed tf-e House finally on Thursday. It isn't much of a bi'.l but it was needed by the Contractors' combine for use in the closing hours of the Mayoralty campaign in Philadelphia. Repre sentative Blakeslee, of Carbon county, told them about it just be fore the final vote was taken. He declared that the bill gives the passenger no guarantee of good service for the two cents charged and that box cars can be forced on the travelling public under the pro visions of the bill. The Democrats wanted to pass a good measure, he continued, one which would hold the corporations to a full measure of responsibility. Bmt political ex igencies required expedition and the bill w'll probably be killed in the Senate. CREASY HAD SOME FDN. Representative Creasy had some fun with the majority while the trolley freight bill was under con sideration the other day. His bill on that subject was turned down because it was his bill and the Homsher measure taken because he is a Republican. When the meas ure was on second reading, there fore, Creasy pointed out the differ ence between the two bills and made the Homsh?r bill look so cheap that its friends moved to re commit it for the purpose of adding the salient features of the Creasy bill. Of course it will still be the Homsher bill after the repairs are made but fair minded men in aud out of the Legislature will under stand that Mr. Cieasy and his Kidney Disease Kills. Thousands Never Suspect Thai They Have It. H il now generally admitted that diseases of the kidneys and bladder constitute the greatest source of disease. Cure these and we remove the causa of nearly all ailments of the Liver. Wood, Ktouiacb and Bowels. But the approach of Kidney disease is so sly and gradual that tho first symptoms may not be noticed. Here are somo of the most common symptoms of this dangerous disease t Discolored or dark urine, sometimes excessive Unusual desire to urinate, etmeclallv at nk-lit. 'ltrick Dust" deposits, iumetiuies containing miiiiuicii null iiiuoii, dwelling around eyes, ankles and abdomen. DrowHinesa and a constaut tired fueling. 1'ale, hot and dry skin. t'ain In the hack, headarhn, cramps In the lege. Dowels constipated, dilution impaired, ltheumatic pains In the joints and muscles. If yon Wave any of the above symptoms yonr kid. neys nerd imuieuiaUi attention, and Dr. Duvid Ken- nedy's Favorite Remedy should be taken at once. Do you know what will hnppeu if you neglect thesi symptom? ltriu'tn's Disease, most terrible. It nearly always the outcome. Dr, David Kennedy'! Favorite Jtemedy lias cured thousands of kidney uiseaae, ana we nave me imsiiive nroor. ji will curl You. heud to Dr. David Kennedy's Hons, Bondout, N. V., for a free sample bottle and medical booklet uirge points ij.uu, at all druggists. THE COLUMBIAN, Democratic colleagues are responsi ble for every meritorious feature of it. If the Republicans hid had their way a worthless measure which could have served no practi cal purpose would have been en.ict ed and the platform pledge would have proved "a promise to the ear to he broken to the hope." As a matter of fact the minority in the Legislature is cutting a good deal of a figure this year. Two years ago there were only fifteen iu the bunch and a few of them were trained parliamentary fighters. John G. Harnnn, of Columbia, was tt host in himself, however, and with hiscollengu, Mr. Creasy, put up some pretty stiff fights. Mr, Ilarmau is greatly missed in the present session but the force has been augmented in numbers from fifteen to forty-nine and Flynn of Ivlk, Sipes rf Fulton, Troxell of Lycoming, Lnright of Northamp ton, and Noll of Center, always faithful and efficient are strengthen ed by Blakeslee of Carbon, Mine- hart of Franklin, Dempsey ol Lackawanna, Price of Monroe, Snyder of Perry, Dersham of Union and other new members who have already revealed aptitude for the work. When the body reassem bles next week there will be music iu the air. INVESTIGATION MOVES SLOWLY. The investigation of the "Palace of Graft" has made no progress thus far. The committee held an informal session early last week at which the counsel were introduced to the members b. t nothing further was done. Subsequently the coun sel conferred together for the best part of a day, but of course kept to themselves the subject of their con versation. Meantime the Governor has not indicated whether he will allow Treasurer Berrv personal counsel or not though it is the ob vious purpose of the other side to pillory Berry if possible. But coun sel or 110 counsel Mr. Berry is ready for the fiay and when the encoun ter comes he will get his share of fun out of it. G. D. II. GKIEF KILLS OOL. CAKMODV. Senator Piatt's Son-in-Luw, IM pressed by HcwhIuI, Succumbs. Washington, D. C, Feb. 31. Krnncis J. Camody, son-iti-law 01' Senetor Piatt, died to-day at tho home of his mother In this city of nervous breakdown, the result o Eilof. He had been 111 here for tho last eighteen weeks. He was twetity ecven years oil. The cause of his death was, it is reported here among his friends, brought about by the dissensions la the Platt-Carmody families. He mar ried Miss Snow, daughter of the Sen ator's second wife, and through his father-in-law's influence became As sistant United States District Attor ney iu New York. Reports of differences between him and the others of the family were circulated, and finally a New York newspaper printed an article concerning Mrs. Piatt, but in which Col. Carmody's conduct was put in a most favorable light. As the story evidently came from "the inside," Col. Carmody was credited with furnishing material for the article to the paper. Col. Carmody entered a strong denial to these reports. W. J. Oliver and Anson Bangs tho men who put in the lowest bid for the construction of the Panama Ca nal. Their flnanclul responsibility U being tho subject of an investigation by the Panama Commission SI'OKTlXa NEWS. I Representatives of automobile or ganizations have gathered at Albany to oppose the Stevenson bill to ta:t seats in motor vehicles. Miss Freda Meyer, an English lawn tennis expert, was beaten by Miss Louise Hammond on the Sev enth regiment courts. Henry S. Terhune's boat X. L. N. C. won the championship pennant of the South Shrewsbury Ice Yacht Club. Census figures of automobile manfuacturlng show a remarkable growth in the Industry. Sixteen automobiles have been en tered to date for the proposed American tour of Europe. O Si. fi 1" G 37. 3Ch. Ran jf IU '.'j'i rinw Ufl.u? crt .W.J.OUVER j ANSON BANCS, BLOOMSBURG, DEGREED Amended Immigration Law Goes to the President. AGE LIMIT PROVIDED After IIouhc Agrees to Conference Itcport Mayor Hclimit. Issues Statement Cluimlnn Victory for Cnllforulo Have Compromised on School Question Suit Stopped. . . Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. The embarrassing Japanese situation was practically adjusted, when tho House of Representatives adopted the con ference report on the Immigration bill, which the Senate had already approved. A provision granting au thority to the President to exclude Japanese and certain other alien lab orers who come to the United States without passports is contained in the bill, which now goes to President Roosevelt for his signature. A treaty with Japan bringing that Govern ment Into agreement with the pass port legislation will now be nego tiated. When the action of the House was made known to him Mayor Schmltz of San Francisco, who came here with the Board of Education of that city to confer with President Roose velt and Secretary Root over the al leged discrimination against Japan ese pupils of the San Francisco schools, Issued a prepared statement In which it was said that the regula tion excluding Japanese from the white schools will be modified in such a way that the Japanese Government will have no ground for a claim of unfair treatment. The modification of the regulation will be merely tech nical. Contained in the statement issued by Mayor Schmltz is a declaration on the part of the Board of Education of its superior right over a treaty to control the public schools of San F'-ancisco and that so far as the pro visions of the treaty with the Japan ese which circumscribe or prevent the board from exercising its powers they are null and void. This Is con strued by the Californians to be an admission on the part of the Admin istration of the rights of California as i State, inasmuch as the Presi dent, as they explained, had read and given his approval to tho statement, although he had not exactly author ized it. It was announced at the White House that the stutement made by Mayor Schmltz and the Board of Education had been reud by Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root, and was entirely satisfactory to them. I. M. Delmas, lawyer of San Francisco who is con ducting the defence of Harry K. Thaw in New York. Mr. Delmas, who is a criminal lawyer of great experi ence, boasts that no Jury ever con victed a client ot his. ROPE BROKE TWICE. Condemned Negro Finally Killed by Fall Througti Gallows Trap. Farmville, Va., Feb. 21. Jesso Ruflln and Massle Hill, negroes, were hanged here for the murder of John Grubb, postmaster at Rugglcs. When the trap was sprung under Hill the rope parted and Hill plunged to the floor below. He did not lose consciousness, said that ho was not much hurt and asked that the cords be taken from his ankleri so he could walk back up the steps. The cords being removed he again took his position. The trap was sprung again, and again tho rope broke. This time Hill became un conscious and died in a few minutes. Before the execution the two con fessed to more than one hundred crimes, among which were several murders. Eight HufTerliiK from Trichinosis. New York, Feb. 21. There are eight patients in Bellevue Hospital suffering from Trichinosis and the physicians fear an epidemic of this generally fatal disease. Ail of the pa tients, live in the lower East Side. As tho disease may be avoided by prop er care in cooking pork, the Bellevue physicians wish to warn the public that the only way tq prevent the dis ease is to cook all pork thoroughly. $."50,000 a Year for Hryce. London, Feb. 20. It Is said that James Bryce's salary as Ambassador to the United States will be $50,000 a year and that he will receive an allowance of $10,000 to meet the ex pense of his outfit and his installa tion In his residence ut Washington. PA. xxxxxxxxxcoxxxcxxxx oy GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL SURPLUS STOCK SALE Our 2nd surplus stock sale will eclipse all previous ones, both as to price reduction and the enormous stocks of fine merchandise. NOW GOING ON. $1000 IN PRIZES TO BI5 DISTRIBUTED AB SOLUTKLY FRIiK. I'M flip lftt4rs contained In the tr-xt ! "WK P. 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This word contest will be carefully and con tclentlously conducted, and Is solely for the purpose of fttrt her advertising and Introducing Vetmore's Coeoanut In new Wall' les. If you are able to muke a good list of words and ans wer promptly, you will-stand an equal opportu nity to secure one of the valuable prizes. We Intend spending a largo amount, of mon eM .ttie distribution rf prizes In ihls contest and assure you that tour result will be most gtatllylng. It coils nothing to enter the con. t st, but we will be pleased to hove you tell x whether your groceryman handles Wet more's Coeoanut. or not. Write your nam" plainly and send list as early as poss'ble. Address THE WETMORE COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA. s-ai-it. DOCTORS SAY WHISKEY Is the best stimulant we huve. They mean, of course, pure whiskey. It Is In valuable in many cnseH. There seeiim to be no adequate substitute for it Home )eoIu drink too much. Home eat too much; some smoke too much. For those who need it there la nothing better than A. P. WARD & CO'S. BLACK DIAMOND WHISKEY Properly aged, rich, smooth ilavorjab solutely nure. Price moderate. 13 N. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. NOW IS THE TIME of year when you think ofcleanhiK iMiuse, Hiso 01 cleaning up the rub bish and foul matter which lias ac cumulated about your premises, to guard against sicknei-s, but do you ever give the second thought to the old built-in unsanitary Plumbing Fixtures which breed disease l ight in vour own houses. If von think of installing New Fixtures I am ready to quote you good price. o ii ST A N1A 111) HA NIT A U ) M r(i. VO'SEiiaiiulGoodn, all fully guaranteed. All Jobbing of Plumbing and Healing Promptly Attendea to. P. M. REIULY, 438 Centre St. Bell 'Phone PHOTOS For the Satisfactory Kind in Up-to-date Styles, go to CapwelPs Studio, (Over llartmat ' Store) BLOOMSBURG. I'A W. L. Douglas Shoes FOR MEN are worn by more men than anv other shoe made. Come in and let us fit you with a pair. PRICE, $3, S3.50 and $4 W. H. MOORE, Corner Main and Iron Sis., BLOOMSBURG, PA. Our Pianos are the leaders. Our lines in clude the following makes : Ciias. M. Stiekf, Henry F. Miller, Brewer & Pryor, Koiilek a Camthell, and Radel. IN ORGANS we handle the Estey, Miller.H.Leiir & Co., and Bowlky. This Store has the agency for ; SINGEK HIGH ARM SE IV. ING MACHINES and VICTOR 1ALKING MA CHINES. WASH MACHINES Helby, 1900, Queen, Key stone, Majestic. J.SALTZER, Music Rooms No. 105 West Main Street, Belmo Market. BL O OMSB UR G, PA The New York World THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION. Read Wherever the English Language it Spoken. The Thrice-s-Weck World hopes to he it 1906 a better paper than it has ever been be fore, and it has made iu arrangement kc. cordint-ly. In newt service covers the en tire globe, ana it reports everything fully promptly and accurately. It is the only ua'. per not a daily, which it as good as a daily and which will keep you as completely in' formed ol what is happening throughout U t world. The Thrice-t-Week World it fair in itt po litical reports. You can get the trnth from its columns, whether you u.e Republican at Democrat, and that is what you want A special feature of the Thrice-a-Week World has always been its serial fiction It pub hshes novels by the best authors in the world, novek which in book form sell for 1.50 apiece, and its iii)h Haudard in this respect wt be m.tidtained in the future at is the .at. THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD'S tegular suoscription price is onlyfi.co per )ear, and this pays for 136 papers. We of fer Ihis unequalled newspnper and the Co. CMHian toetltKc fot ore year for ljl.tr. .rein.ri.;;rV.wt, 1.1 c rf -U i t
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